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Moving Scenery

R0013741 (Medium)(The shadows of the spotlights are casted on the big outdoor billboard, which is surprisingly empty, on the facade of a building facing a busy thoroughfare in Kowloon)

Last Sunday, I took a bus trip with my GX200. With less traffic and people in the street, the streetscape was very different from what one would see on weekdays. Visiting usual places at different time of a day is a proven way to give the photographer renewed perspectives on familiar scenes. As the bus moved on, the moving scenery unfolded outside the windows. They were so familiar and yet so strange.

R0013740 (Medium) (As the bus went under a flyover and stopped at the traffic lights, I found it visually interesting for the straight lines seemingly stretching from the road dividing railings to the wall on the far side and the underneath of the flyover above the bus)

The scenery looked different also partly because my mind was at ease. Sunday mornings are always the best time in any week. Do you have any pictures taken on a Sunday morning to show us? I'd be happy to receive and publish yours here.

R0013743 (Medium) (This was the last picture I took on the bus before dropping off at the bus stop. I felt really refreshed after the trip)

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